Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [coord] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager can say this and that and it looks good on paper and there may be great reasoning behind it . |
| 2 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 3 | This process can be painful and revealing but it leads to greater self-awareness — the first step to unambiguous communication . |
| 4 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 5 | The people have been most warm and welcoming and it has been one of the most enjoyable times in my ministry . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’ |
| 7 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
| 8 | The service is tremendously friendly and efficient and it has some of the best ski schools in the world ( with instructors who speak English ) . |
| 9 | Literally , and then you have to sit there with this cream on , and it 's all very fiddly and messy and it smells . |
| 10 | It is black and gleaming and it gives his wife Meriel the willies . |
| 11 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 12 | A budgie found found this morning in the Bobsmill area it 's yellow and green , two nine three eight two five two nine three eight two five can you call after four o'clock and er last one a cat found in Standhill Road in Carlton found last night it 's black and white and it 's got a pink collar on , five two six six seven one five two six six seven one . |
| 13 | It 's long and shiny and it takes me ages to do it . |
| 14 | Washing carefully around the anus is helpful and hygienic but it does n't remove the health risks completely . |
| 15 | The villa is very beautiful and large and it has been possible for myself and my baby and my husband to stay together which is a very great privilege and one I did not look to have extended to me . |
| 16 | The heartache and suffering over the centuries has made them tough and strong and it 's been a slow evolution . |
| 17 | Either way the notion is both ill-informed and ridiculous and it comes from paying too much attention to newspapers like the Guardian . |
| 18 | The editor 's role is one that is very time-consuming and tedious but it demands good critical evaluation as well as sharp observation of consistency of presentation . |
| 19 | This seems quite antiquated and unnecessary but it seems to appear in virtually all commercial leases and landlords ' solicitors seem reluctant to start a new trend by agreeing to its deletion . |
| 20 | And once we 've clipped the nails , we actually file the nail so that it 's nice and smooth and it does n't catch on your tights or it does n't catch on the sheets at night . |
| 21 | The new style is bright and crisp and it reflects the thorough , professional approach adopted by the college . ’ |
| 22 | The second area of the report which I would want to draw your attention to is that area concerned with growth and savings and a number have put forward in sections seven , eight , nine and ten of the report , that on pages six , seven and eight and it 's got within those growth and savings that we can work to the target set by the policy committee . |
| 23 | Children tend to believe that those adults around them are all-wise and all-powerful and it follows that whatever these adults say must be true . |